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Let’s All Eat (LAE), Haydenfilms Institute Presenting Fund-Raiser April 24 at Hunter College to Support Thai Mirror Foundation and Absolute Faith Ministries Efforts to End Poverty, Encourage Peaceful Living
New York, New York—Let’s All Eat (LAE), a philanthropic student organization aiming to end global hunger and poverty, and the non-profit Haydenfilms Institute, dedicated to empowering independent and student filmmakers worldwide, are co-presenting a special fund-raising event on Saturday, April 24, at Hunter College, New York.
Seun Shokunbi, a a student at the School of Oriental and African Studies in London who founded LAE, said its first-ever event will showcase the efforts of Absolute Faith Ministries, Brooklyn, N.Y., dedicated to seeing that people in our communities are living peaceful and happy lives, and which is currently working to help the people of Ghana, and the Mirror Foundation, a non-profit working in Thailand’s northern Chiang Rai Province to help the Mae Yao hill tribes fight poverty, unemployment, drug addiction and lack of Thai citizenship.
Mirror Foundation spokesman Thellie Dave Root (thellie37@gmail.com) said his organization also strives to give the hilltribes of Mae Yao the skills, education and support required to adapt to a co-existence with lowland Thais without sacrificing their cultural identity.
The Haydenfilms Institute, which has offices in Los Angeles and Reading, Pa., is specially committed to helping filmmakers produce films that address global social challenges, will show several short films that have been finalists in its annual Online Film Festival including:
• "My Turtle's Name is Dudley" is a narrative short about a young woman named Jade who relives the memory of being molested by her father. It was written, directed, and produced by Johnny Gill and was the most recent Grand Prize winner.
• "Forgotten Souls" is the directorial debut of Ricky Wood Jr., Aberdeen, Scotland. This 24-minute drama tells the story of Janek Kowalksi, a Holocaust survivor who re-settles in Scotland from Poland.
• "Night of Asches," an 11-minute film from Brazil in which two sisters are kidnapped and sold into sexual trafficking, starring, directed and produced by Larissa Vereza.
• "Blindness" is directed by Helio San Miguel, New York City. The 32-minute drama with a twist shot in NYC tells the story of Richard, a pathologically shy young man, who falls for Karen, a beautiful blind woman.
• "Little Wings" is a powerful film about child abuse written and directed by Morgan Rhodes. The dramatic short released in 2007, explores the trauma of child abuse through the eyes of a 10-year-old boy named Thomas.
Shokunbi said the evening’s events will also include an appearance by Absolute Faith Ministries’ President and Founder Bishop (Dr.) John Oludare-Famodimu, reading of a statement from the Mirror Foundation and other special activities.
The event begins at 7 p.m. and is being held in the Ida K. Lang Recital Hall, Hunter College at East 68th Street and Lexington Avenue in New York. Guests should use the Sylvia and Danny Kaye Playhouse entrance.
Tickets can be purchased in advance online at http://letsalleat.eventbrite.com. Donations will also be accepted at the door on the day of the event. Seating is on a first-come, first-served basis. Email address is info@lae-eats.com. On the night of the event, call 212-772-4227.
(Additional Directions: "6" train to 68th Street/Hunter College; M66 bus crosstown going east to 68th Street and Lexington; M98, M101, M102, or M103 going south on Lexington and north on 3rd avenue.)
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